You can heal your heart and heal the world. If you have ever suffered heartbtreak of death of a loved one, violence, racialism, racism, homophobia, being used, a family torn apart, or child abuse, Novelette can heal you. The hairdresser / shaman at the centre of the play Da Kink in my Hair, she sees beyond the masks of each of her clients.
Demanding Superwoman. Vain superstar. Anal white woman. As she touches each woman's hair, Novelette sees into their soul, unmasking their beauty and their pain. Shirelle, the Superwoman, is falling apart from desperately trying to meet everyone's demands as if her life depended on it. Sharmaine, the superstar, is heartbroken because her ever-supportive mother rejected her for falling in love with a woman. The white woma is torn between her black son and her racist father.
As she transforms their hair, Novelette transforms her clients' lives with powerful love. Laughter, dance, music and ceremonial water wash away the pain. In Novelette's salon, everyone is welcome and everyone belongs.
After seeing the play last night, I have a dream. I am being held by a huge beautiful woman, as black as God Herself. Today, I don my Da Kink in my Hair red baby tee and crawl into bed to seek the Novelette within. I cry for the Shirelle, the Sharmaine, and the hurt child in me. I touch my own hair and I find peace.
What if everyone could see people with the loving eyes of Novelette? What if the world were like Novelette's salon, where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs? May you find the Novelette in you. May you heal your heart. May you heal your world.
If you get a chance to see the play in Toronto, it's closing tomorrow. Run, don't walk to get tix. It got another standing ovation the other night, and I expect it to sell out.
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Thank you, Trey Anthony. You have changed my life with your play. I wish Oprah would invte you on her network, because you could heal the world with Da Kink.
As she transforms their hair, Novelette transforms her clients' lives with powerful love. Laughter, dance, music and ceremonial water wash away the pain. In Novelette's salon, everyone is welcome and everyone belongs.
After seeing the play last night, I have a dream. I am being held by a huge beautiful woman, as black as God Herself. Today, I don my Da Kink in my Hair red baby tee and crawl into bed to seek the Novelette within. I cry for the Shirelle, the Sharmaine, and the hurt child in me. I touch my own hair and I find peace.
What if everyone could see people with the loving eyes of Novelette? What if the world were like Novelette's salon, where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs? May you find the Novelette in you. May you heal your heart. May you heal your world.
If you get a chance to see the play in Toronto, it's closing tomorrow. Run, don't walk to get tix. It got another standing ovation the other night, and I expect it to sell out.
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Thank you, Trey Anthony. You have changed my life with your play. I wish Oprah would invte you on her network, because you could heal the world with Da Kink.
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